Before the Colombia vs. match Romania, to be played on Tuesday, March 26, 2024 in the Spanish capital, the Colombian team arrives with a lot of ‘wind in its shirt’ for its good streak of results and high returns. There are 20 games without losing, 17 with the technical direction of Nstor Lorenzo with whom victories have been achieved against Germany and SpainWell now comes the third European rival of this era.
But with the Romanians it seems that there is a historic debt, because they have been the ones who have won the ‘Tricolor’ spot in a couple of senior World Cups; in 1994 and 1998. And although 20 and 16 years have passed since each of those World Cup events, changing the reality of the two teams quite a bit, those deep heritages continue among the Colombian fans.
Colombia vs. Romania in Madrid, a reunion with hard and sad memories
In the 1994 World Cup in the United States, the Colombian group was made up of the hosts, USA, Romania and Switzerland. There were 2 defeats and the victory on the last date against the Helvetians. But the debut with the Romanians was the hardest blow because it was a resounding 3 (Florin Rducioiu and Gheorghe Hagi) to 1 (Adolfo ‘el Tren’ Valencia). That was the first match of the competition, but the blow was very strong, ‘the Tricolor’ by Francisco ‘Pacho’ Maturana They could not recover and later lost to the Americans 2-1 and beat the Swiss 2-0 in the last match, in a match where they had already been eliminated.
But The real pain occurred days after the elimination, when Andrés Escobar was murdered in Medellín, the same defender who had scored the own goal against the locals to open the scoring. and that he was shot in a public establishment. Always There was talk of a personal problem, others mentioned that it was due to the annoyance of suspected bettorsbut reality shows that that goal against changed what they thought and respected the ‘Knight of Football’.
And 4 years later, In the 1998 France World Cup, again there was a clash with the Romanians and again it was in the debut. The score was 1-0, The goal was scored by Adrian Ilie, giving another hard blow to Colombian football. because it was known that Colombia could beat Tunisia, but with England they did not have many options.
The ones that against Romania the future of those led by Hernn Daro ‘el Bolillo’ Gmez was at stake, many of them in their last games with the absolute and with the objective of completing it on French soil to be able to say goodbye with honors. But the defeat against the Romanians 1-0, the victory against the Tunisians 1-0 and The 2-0 loss with England was the beginning of 12 years without returning to a senior World Cup for ‘the Tricolor’.
When, at what time and how to watch the friendly Colombia vs. Romania?
That’s right, the friendly It is not a revenge and much less a revenge, since this should happen in a World Cup for seniors and thus be able to feel what it is like to get a direct rival out of the way to qualify., but it is an opportunity to show the current Colombian power. And that is why there is a lot of expectation to follow the match through the signals of the channels that have the transmission.
Stadium: Cvitas Metropolitano (Madrid, Spain)
Date and time: Tuesday, March 26, 2024 – 2:30 pm (Colombia Time)
Free television: Caracol Televisión and Canal RCN
Link to watch online: Gol Caracol and RCN Ftbol page
Colombia already knows its group for the 2024 Copa América
Fair In this context of the FIFA international friendlies, the Concacaf playoffs were played to define the final participants in the 2024 Copa América which will take place in the United States between next June and July. Well, Colombia, which is preparing for that event, already knows that Costa Rica will be its rival, after beating Honduras in the previous instance.
This is how the groups were formed:
GROUP A
Argentina
Per
Chile
Concacaf 5: Canada
GROUP B
Mexico
Ecuador
Venezuela
Jamaica
GROUP C
USA
Uruguay
Panam
Bolivia
GROUP D
Brazil
Colombia
Paraguay
Concacaf 6: Costa Rica
Of With this clear panorama and after playing with Romania, Colombia will play a previous friendly against the United States in the first days of Junewhile Another duel is pending against a Conmebol or Concacaf team, which is not in the ‘Tricolor’ group.in order to refine the last details in the second week of the sixth month of this year.